Ground rule triple at Fenway?

[zuma]

Taken from espn.com:

Kendogger: I’ve heard that Fenway Park has a ground-rule triple and is the only park in the majors with one. What is it?

Rob Neyer: People ask me this all the time, and despite searching the Red Sox media guide I still don’t know. The other night, the Sox broadcasters were talking about it. They didn’t know either, so I’m wondering if this isn’t some sort of urban myth (“My bruthuh’s friend’s cousin knew a guy who sahr a ground-rule triple at Fenway Pahk.”).

Anyone know anything about this? If it’s true, I’d have to assume the green monster is somehow involved.

[BobT]

A “ground rule” would have to be established by the Red Sox themselves. You can read the ground rules of Fenway Park on the web.
They can be found at

MLB.com | The Official Site of Major League Baseball

There is no “ground rule triple” listed.

[Whack-a-Mole]

I found this piece on the 1919 World Series with the Chicago White Sox vs. the Cincinnati Red Sox…

Seventh Inning: Chicago – Gandil flied to Neale. Rath threw out Risberg. Although Ruether was going strong, Moran took no chances and started Eller to warming up. Schalk went out, Groh to Daubert. Ruether pitched only four balls in this inning.
No Hits, No Runs
Cincinnati – Daubert caught one on the end of his bat and hit is so far to right field that it hopped into the crowd on the first bound. This was a ground rule triple and Daubert’s third safe hit of the game. Groh scored him with the seventh Cincinnati run on a hit that caromed off Wilkinson’s glove and passed Risberg. Roush bunted towards third for a sacrifice and was safe on Weaver’s bad throw. The ball was knocked from Gandil’s hands as the runner collided with him after reaching the base, and Groh dashed to third and slid in ahead of Gandil’s return throw. The Sox infield moved in and Risberg passed Duncan’s grounder to E. Collins, forcing Roush at second base, Groh scoring by beating Collins’ fast return to the plate. Kopf hit into a double play, Risberg to E. Collins to Gandil.
2 Hits, 2 Runs

[Whack-a-Mole]

There’s more text (not much though) then what I posted below. Still, it’s the only bit about Boston and the ground rule triple I could find. If you want to see all of it the link is:

http://www.totalbaseball.com/history/event/postseason/ws/ws1903.html

When the Boston Pilgrims of the young American League accepted achallenge from owner Barney Dreyfuss of the National League Pirates, themodern World Series was born. (In 1901-02, the National and American Leagues were warring, and did not stage a postseason series.) Pittsburgh was favored to win but entered the Series weakened by injuries to pitching ace Sam Leever and shortstop Honus Wagner, and by the loss of pitcher Ed Doheny to mental illness.

The tide began to turn against the Pirates the next day, as Boston knocked five ground- rule triples into the overflow crowd, scoring ten runs in the sixth and seventh innings to give Young an 11-2 victory. Dinneen bested Leever for a second time in Game Six, holding the Pirates scoreless in eight of their nine innings for a 6-3 win. And in Game Seven, Phillippe finally lost, Young winning his second game as Boston numbered 5 more triples among its 11 hits.

[BobT]

I believe the situation described above took place in Pittsburgh, not Boston.

A “ground rule” is a stadium-specific rule designed to cover some special situation that the rule book doesn’t provide for.

For example, in domed stadiums, balls can hit loudspeakers or catwalks. Such situations aren’t described in the rules, so a “ground rule” is established.

The UL about the Fenway Park ground rule triple involved hitting a ball off of the ladder attached to the LF field fence (aka The Green Monster).